International Press Brief
Putin and Constitutional Reform in Russia
On 15 January, during his speech to the Nation, Vladimir Putin announced a constitutional reform that will give Parliament more powers and promote the Council of State of an advisory body to the Constitutional body. Dmitry Medvedev's government immediately resigned and the chief of the Tax Authority, Michail Mishustin, was appointed Prime Minister. The mention, during the speech, to an end of the limitation "maximum of two terms in a row" in the Presidency launched the debate on the political future of the Russian President.
The death of General Soleimani, commander of the Quds unit of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, in Iraq by order of the American President, increased the level of tension between the two countries and across the Middle East. In retaliation, Iran announced that it would remove limits on enriching uranium and launched a missile battery against U.S. bases in Iraq. On the other hand, fearing a new conflict on national territory, the Iraqi Parliament has called all foreign forces to leave the country.
Turkish military operation in Syria
After the US withdrawal from northern Syria, Turkey has launched a military operation in the against the Syrian Democratic Forces, with fighter from the Kurdish YPG, long-standing allies of the United States. Suffering heavy casualties and lost territory, the Kurds are now negotiating support with Assad and Putin. What will be the impact of this new escalation in the Syrian conflict for Europe, the United States, and upon political and security dynamics in the Middle East?
IPRI in the News
Alea jacta est: a geopolítica do petróleo e a engrenagem das revoltas sociais
José Pedro Teixeira Fernandes
Público, 02 | April | 2020
O eterno desalinhamento das expectativas
Bernardo Pires de Lima
Diário de Notícias, 28 | March | 2020
Geopolítica do vírus: o choque América-China?
Carlos Branco, Carlos Gaspar, Diana Soller, Tiago Moreira de Sá
Diário de Notícias, 26 | March | 2020
Working Papers
Working Paper n.º 59/2020
«Políticas Públicas para a Promoção da Igualdade de Género»
Pâmela Mossmann de Aguiar, NOVA FCSH
Working Paper n.º 58/2019
«When The Lenders Leave Town: Partisanship, Electoral Calculations and Vested Interests as Determinants of Policy Reversals in Spain and Portugal»
Catherine Moury, Daniel Cardoso, & Angie Gago, IPRI-NOVA & Université de Lausanne
Working Paper n.º 57/2018
«Migration crisis in the EU: developing a framework for analysis of national security and defence strategies»
João Estevens, IPRI-NOVA
Events
Best Essay Award «25 de Abril»
Applications for the Best Essay Award «25 de Abril» are open until September 11th, 2020.
Programme «Mapa Mundo»
Every Tuesday, at 1.20pm, members of our team discuss the main international events with the journalist Ricardo Alexandre on the radio programme «Mapa Mundo», a partnership between TSF and IPRI-NOVA.
